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we have drawn, they the vinegar we the blood, they the gall but we the sweetness, they the tomb but we heaven, they the stone we the throne, they the seal we the treasure, they the guard of soldiers but we the angelic presidency, they Pilate we Paul, they Barabbas we Abraham. This is the day which the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it, for the rational lambs standing by the Lord's manger feed upon the body of the Lord. Men have become angels, slaves free, soldiers kings, those who wear the sheepskin of Adam have been clothed with the royal cloak. And may it be that all of us be found worthy of the resurrection of Christ both in the present age and in the one to come, now and always and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

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ἠντλήσαμεν, ἐκεῖνοι τὸ ὄξος ἡμεῖς τὸ αἷμα, ἐκεῖνοι τὴν χολὴν ἡμεῖς δὲ τὴν γλυκύτητα, ἐκεῖνοι τὸν τάφον ἡμεῖς δὲ τὸν οὐρανόν, ἐκεῖνοι τὸν λίθον ἡμεῖς τὸν θρόνον, ἐκεῖνοι τὴν σφραγίδα ἡμεῖς τὸν θησαυρόν, ἐκεῖνοι τὴν στρατιωτικὴν κουστωδίαν ἡμεῖς δὲ τὴν ἀγγελικὴν προεδρίαν, ἐκεῖνοι τὸν Πιλᾶτον ἡμεῖς τὸν Παῦλον, ἐκεῖνοι τὸν Βαραββᾶν ἡμεῖς τὸν Ἀβραάμ. Αὕτη ἡ ἡμέρα ἣν ἐποίησεν ὁ κύριος, ἀγαλλιασώμεθα καὶ εὐφρανθῶμεν ἐν αὐτῇ, ὅτι οἱ λογικοὶ ἄρνες τῇ δεσποτικῇ φάτνῃ παριστάμενοι τὸ τοῦ κυρίου σῶμα χλοάζονται. Οἱ ἄνθρωποι γεγόνασιν ἄγγελοι, οἱ δοῦλοι ἐλεύθεροι, οἱ στρατιῶται βασιλεῖς, οἱ τὴν τοῦ Ἀδὰμ μηλωτὴν περιφέροντες τὴν βασιλικὴν χλαῖναν περιβέβληνται. Γένοιτο δὲ πάντας ἡμᾶς τῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀναστάσεως ἀξίους εὑρεθῆναι καὶ ἐν τῷ νῦν αἰῶνι καὶ ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.